The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-08
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
MKT FOR THE SECOND DAY IN
CONVENTIONS
with DIR. Nell I'm the Gladstone
Important and Interesting
Papers Read.

LOUISVILLE KY, May THE South.
ern Baptist Convention met in its sec
ond Gays session here today, with the
Rev. DR.. Nell 10 the chair. Dr.. O. y.
Bettin, Of Philadelphia, read an al.
dress on B Bile work aud colportaae.
He revie we'd the establishment and
failure of the Southern Baptist Publ.
cation Society. He also devoted con
siderable attention to the editorial
work OF Baptists, aud then Urged
hearty gu pport OF the American Bap-
tist Publication Society. He tald it
had done great work in furnishing
cheap Bibles and other books and
helps to ministers. The society had
not been hurt in the lesst by the un-
fortunata embt ~ ement OF the past
year. Not cent OF the benevolent
fund had been taken. The entire en-
bezz ement was from the business
funds, and the emb zzlsr was in the
penitentiary. There had been one
other slight m'sspp opristion, but this
man had been hunted down. 1--WE
need for Bible work." he said, "at
least $4,000 Toere are places re.
ported by colporteurs where in whole
communities no Bible 10 to be found"
His argument was tbai LEGAL publ.
cation societies ,uld not do the york
as the Great Nauonal Society, and be
wanted no longer to Zee States that Q.
ceive shipments oil Bibles and books
worth $500, return contributions to
the society ranging only from $l2 10
$50
DR.. Gsolg e G. Lorim ore, of Chicago,
came forward % the repre- sentative OF
the Baptist Home NJ ssion Society,
with its headquarters in NV York.
H. said the Home Mission Boa d had
carried on work in the pss; year in
forty.fiva States, in Cansd', Alaska,
and Mexico. TneIe We're 678 lsborers.
OF thes3 eighteen were in the Eastern
States, thirty.two in the Middla
States, l40 in the southern, 459 in the
Western, six in Canads, fiji y.nine in
Nj xicn, a ID Two in Alaska. They
were main aiming seventeen schools
for colored people and Indians, aud
several Sunday schools T CHINA The
missousr are If ten natonalities
They had ected in the year sky
Two church cdifices Their receipf
for tie year were s572,50 03.
DR.. George b. EsVer, OF Virginia,
read the report of The Committee on
Missions in papsl countries. 1t fi'sl
reviewed the work in Mex co. In
Coshuila alone there have been fifty
| bsptisms ind 100 ready for baptism
There is line OF mssicns from the
Rin Grande to the Pacific. Missions
! Rave been tx'end d from Coahuila
suuth through three s aes. 1t is pro
posed to estab ish In Mexico literary
schools in connection with tbs mis-
sio,. III ally there are twelve tvaE'
gelist aud there have been twenty
Dapisms with az many more teekine
baptism. Attention was called 10 the
defense OF the Bible made In the
Italian Parliament by en- able member
OF that body. Piests, he said, are call
ing e. cretly for the Bible. These book
bad gone fer toward producing sen
timent in favor OF tooughtfol persona
Christianity which had IFS reflex in TIT
revolt Ct DR.. McGlynn and his follow
ere in this untry.
Dr.. Powell, a missionary a. Sa'ill1
Nj x',o, smoke OF the work oil his field
Much tins was then devoted to ran
dom discussion OF foreign :nissionsri
work sDd sppeas for ntribution'
were made. At night, The Rsv. Mr.
Good win, OF Virginia. and ths Rev
Mr.. Judsop, of New York, de ivered
able addresses on for. ign MISSIONS
Many of the visiting ministers will oc
cupy various pulplts in the city to
morrow.